November

Blog Posts in November, 2015

Groucho Marx said, “I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.” All kidding aside, for business owners, when are jury trials available and are they always beneficial? The Seventh Amendment guarantees a right to jury trial ...

The Institute for Justice has released its report on civil asset forfeiture, giving grades to all 50 states and the Federal government. In the report, Nebraska received a mixed-bag grade of “C” in protecting citizens from civil ...

A few months ago I was presenting at a seminar and was asked “how can a criminal defendant ever win a jury trial?” The inquisitive young lawyer talked about the great amount of assets at the government’s disposal to include ...

Most people have a basic understanding of the right to remain silent. Essentially, if you are in custody, and an officer (or any person associated with law enforcement) is asking you questions that could be harmful to you, you have the right to ...

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